Getting to know Jean-Pierre Brice
We are excited to introduce the newest member of our PA Humanities staff, Jean-Pierre Brice. He goes by Jean-Pierre, JP, Pierre, and sometimes Uncle P, and this longtime Chester resident is now our Community Programs Manager.
Getting to know resident Chester historian Twyla Simpkins, better known as Ms. T
By Karen Price Twyla Simpkins remembers being a little girl and mashing up crayon shavings so that she could color the people in pictures to look like her. From that very early desire to see herself in the world grew an interest in finding Black history memorabilia and artifacts, and a passion for collecting and…